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- Sun Nov 04, 2007 3:20 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Undervolting: how low can you go?
- Replies: 234
- Views: 270039
S939 Athlon64 3200+ (Venice): S775 Core 2 Duo E6750: * 1.187V between 2.0GHz-2.66GHz (minimum voltage) * 1.212V at 2.8GHz (overclocked) * 1.325V at 3.2GHz (overclocked) On a sidenote, does anyone know of a program that can change FSB and CPU voltage according to system load, on a Gigabyte P35-DS3? ...
- Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:50 pm
- Forum: Fans and Control
- Topic: New Scythe 120mm fans - just announced
- Replies: 60
- Views: 45563
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:36 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Unvervolting Q6600
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2366
- Sun Oct 07, 2007 12:57 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Help me choose a motherboard for an E6750
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3579
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:46 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Issues with Q6600 B3
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2445
- Fri Oct 05, 2007 2:56 pm
- Forum: CPU Cooling
- Topic: Issues with Q6600 B3
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2445
You will really need to replace the whole thing. Replacing just the fan may help noise levels but will probably not make any significant difference to temps. I'd have a rethink about the not taking mobo out thing - most of the best coolers are quite large and include something a bit better than just...
- Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:45 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Sonata III --- beginner
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12069
- Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:44 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Sonata & Soprano
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4207
- Thu Oct 04, 2007 3:22 am
- Forum: Silent Storage
- Topic: need a silent 7200 2,5" disk for my HTPC
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4719
- Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:05 am
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Sonata & Soprano
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4207
- Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:59 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Sonata III --- beginner
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12069
- Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:41 pm
- Forum: General Gallery
- Topic: Sonata & Soprano
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4207
Sonata & Soprano
Must be something in the names ;) These are our two household rigs, Sonata is mine and Soprano is the wifes. Mine: Intel C2Q Q6600 @ 2.4GHz Undervolted to 1.16875V Tuniq Tower 120 Gigabyte P35-DS3 2x1Gb Kingston DDR2-667 Sapphire Radeon x1950Pro 256Mb Seagate 320Gb SATA Asus 1814BLT DVD-RW Antec Son...
- Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:27 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Sonata III --- beginner
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12069
Well as it turns out I was able to try undervolting last night - with good success. I was able to reduce to the CPU's minimum VID (short test stable only at this point, haven't run long term). Temps down 7c so far... should be sub 60 as of this morning with a lower ambient - last night was quite war...
- Wed Oct 03, 2007 3:29 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Undervolting: how low can you go?
- Replies: 234
- Views: 270039
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield (Rev B3, Stepping 7) 105W TDP Stock: 2.4GHz 1.31250V Temps 70.0/51.0 (1.6GHz speedstep)C Minimum: 2.4GHz 1.16875V Temps 62.8/48 (1.6GHz speedstep).0C This was the minimum VID allowed on this CPU and is short test stable with 1x Orthos 2x Prime95. Will test overnig...
- Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:28 am
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Undervolting: how low can you go?
- Replies: 234
- Views: 270039
Ok... stupid question coming up... but how do I stress all cores? Orthos can do 0 & 1, I can set Prime95 to do 2... but what can I use to stress 3? I can only seem to load 1 instance of Prime93. Never mind, found the switch : P Will post back with results later. Oh and Q6600 B3 stock VCore 1.3125......
- Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:48 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Sonata III --- beginner
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12069
I've had a bit of a look... the temps are on the high side for a B3 but plenty of others reporting similar. A few reporting less and obviously the G0 does much better. So overall it's probably not an issue with the install, just a bad combination. Basically comes down to (probably in this order) - 1...
- Tue Oct 02, 2007 4:50 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Quiet system, big overclock
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4488
- Tue Oct 02, 2007 2:31 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Question about RAM
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3853
there is a Vista-To-XP Downgrade available for anyone running Vista Ultimate or Vista Business that wants it, Retail or OEM versions. XP Pro OEM also included a downgrade license, I installed Win 2000 on a number of machines for one client, up to and including last year (may still use it for all i ...
- Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:43 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Sonata III --- beginner
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12069
Stuffed around last night with the bios... ditched the back plate fan controller and went purely bios control. Seems to have a lower minimum RPM... getting down to 550RPM when IIRC the controller was 1000-2000RPM. Temps not really any different... but neither is the noise really. Current setup - Tri...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:53 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Sonata III --- beginner
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12069
I absolutely get what you're saying about the cooler! It's just hard to quantify how much it's being retarded by lack of exhaust - hence hard to tell what will actually cool better than this thing... this is my problem. I don't have the money to throw away on taking a chance with a cooler. I *suspec...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:46 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Moving from Goliath to David - Looking for help on new box
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2272
I'd take a look at that intel board then ;) Also has a single 16x connector (for graphics). Real kicker for you... also has a couple of PCI-X meaning you've got a nice choice of cards. 2x dual PCI-X, 1x quad PCI-X, 2x dual PCI-E etc... though if you take both PCI-X then you lose your dual GPU soluti...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:40 pm
- Forum: CPUs and Motherboards
- Topic: Any Dual Port Gbit PCI NIC available?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2398
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:12 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Big fan case
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9169
That side fan is largely unecessary. Look around on here for commonly recommended cases.. (Antec Solo comes to mind). Any half decent case with a bit of effort put into the cooling solution will outpace that... thing :P I should also mention that 220mm is NOT a standard fan size, if it's noisy or br...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:10 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Moving from Goliath to David - Looking for help on new box
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2272
If you're looking at 4x slots you'll likely need to move to a workstation grade mobo. 2x 16x slots is not going to happen if this is the case... The two chipsets that do allow full speed dual x16 are 680SLI and X38, looking at the Gigabyte boards at least, neither have a 4x connector or PCI-X. A qui...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:53 pm
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Plans for quiet computer systems and parts shop in Oz
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5392
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:01 pm
- Forum: Deals, Vendors and Classifieds
- Topic: Plans for quiet computer systems and parts shop in Oz
- Replies: 7
- Views: 5392
Hello again fellow Brisbanite. I'd definitely welcome competition... PCCG is nice but we do still miss out on alot of enthusiast parts (Noctua, Yate loon etc)... plus the range of coolers is still lacking a little. I haven't checked out their whole site so can't say how the rest compares. Certainly ...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:54 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Two new systems - first build - Feedback appreciated...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4006
4Gb some will say is a waste... but I guess it's your money and up to you :P Realistically though if you are only gaming you wont see much difference over 2gb. But like I say it's totally up to you, future proofing is cool too :) 8800GTX... really only needed if running 24"+ monitor. Steppings? Get ...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:39 pm
- Forum: System Advice / Troubleshooting
- Topic: Choosing my new system. Feedback appreciated !!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4533
Nice case, have one at home (wife's PC). One tip.. the 80mm side fan has no fan controller plug at all (molex adaptor/passthru thingy only). It's probably the loudest of the fans also so definitely be planning on replacing this one. Also a tip on the hard drives... I wasn't happy with the stability ...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:35 pm
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Sonata III --- beginner
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12069
Retype... I am not going to edit again when I change my mind :P have cut this down to as logical as I can make it. CPU Cooler - Ninja seems to have issues with LGA775 mount, not keen on lapping CPU. Besides, people report higher temps than Tuniq which I do not want. Even if the tuniq is somewhat ret...
- Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:28 am
- Forum: Cases and Damping
- Topic: Sonata III --- beginner
- Replies: 25
- Views: 12069
Nah I do like the Sonata... And at AUD$180 inc PSU yes you are right it's not exactly cheap :P (although still alot less than say a HX-520 + decent case). PSU serves my purpose... it's not being stressed at all and is not noisy, being the EarthWatts rather than the notorious SmartPower in the previo...